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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1930
Page
2
No developments in the robbery of Mrs. Hattie Bennett last Saturday. A roomer posing as a Hobson trainmaster assistant rented a room to gain admission about an hour and a half before disappearing. Sheriff J A Willock says the robber knew the valuables were in the house and the loss was not discovered until hours later.
At Mrs. Bess Henshaw’s Cross Street home the Progressive Study Club gathered 14 members. President Mary Dillon announced American Home Sunday on November 23 per the Ohio Federation of Clubs. Miss Esta Cunningham read an instructive paper on Japan, detailing Mikado customs, followed by tea.
Community brief from Meigs County by C A Hartley highlights local society and telephones for reader services. Classifieds and circulation ads direct readers to Virgil Marsh for Messenger items.
D W Hennessey a Meigs County figure died Tuesday morning after rising from a poor boy to a prominent local executive. He headed several firms, earned a salary of 700 dollars monthly, and left substantial life insurance. He belonged to Kiwanis, Athens Country Club and Elks. The piece lists many contemporaries who died in four years. Funeral plans set for Friday afternoon.
The auxiliary of the American Legion in Middleport installed officers with W. H. Steiff as installing officer and Mrs. Flora Beaver as president. A potluck dinner followed, honoring Mrs. Roscoe Fowler and Mrs. Edna Carroll who soon depart for Dayton and Columbus.
Mrs Burl Tuttle of Chester announces the birth of a son. Raymond Smith of Mechanic Street Pomeroy is seriously ill while quarantined for a contagious disease. Mrs Joe Harbrecht buys beauty parlor equipment from Miss Eva Webster at Elmhurst Tavern and moves it to Sycamore Street. Miss Webster, daughter of Judge and Mrs Morton Webster, retires from business.
Pomeroy tale recounts Binns of Columbus who, driving a stolen Chrysler believed linked to Neal Bowman, narrowly escaped armed officers at several crossings. As authorities prepared to stop the bandits, Binns and his wife unknowingly traveled the stolen car toward Jackson and Athens amid tense pursuit and public curiosity.
M S D Scott and daughter Esth Pearl Street celebrated their birthdays Saturday. A large number of relatives surprised them at their home Saturday evening as Mrs Scott's sisters organized the event.
The Foreign Missionary Board releases Rev Alfred Moore for a 12 stop itinerancy across Athens Presbytery beginning Nov 34 at Marietta and ending Dec 7 at Loran Dee. He arrives in Middleport Dec 4. The board lauds him as a convincing and entertaining foreign missions speaker.
The Glouster Parent-Teacher Association plans a rabbit banquet for the Glouster High School football squad as season appreciation. Volunteers will provide rabbits and the P T A will prepare the meal. Coach Moleski and the team will attend at Moose Hall starting 6 30 with a post banquet dance by Dutch Zimmer and his music makers.
Albert Heitzer a 57 year old Bedford Township farmer wed Mrs Eva Bradshaw 54 a Thomas Ork storekeeper at the Court house Tuesday morning. Justice W Gilmore officiated. The groom had been married once before and the bride twice before.
A new gymnasium auditorium automobile shop and classrooms at Jacksonville Trimble High School will be formally dedicated Friday night. A dinner 4 30 to 7 will fund the project followed by a 7 30 program featuring the High School Orchestra Girls and Boys Glee Clubs and soloist Miss Mary Sayre. Addressers include County Superintendent Alex Root and Frank F Wilson.
Mrs. J C Taylor mother of Tell Taylor who wrote Down by the Old Mill Stream and other tunes died in Findlay after injuries from a automobile accident suffered Tuesday night.
Mr and Mrs Jack Davis left for the east on a buying trip to stock The Fair Store Athens The Boston Store Nelsonville and The Fair Store Glouster for the Christmas season. He has received telegrams from manufacturers offering price concessions to pass savings to customers.
Greens Run Parent-Teacher Association will host a social Tuesday night November 25 in the Greens Run School Building. The event invites members and residents to attend a community gathering at the school.
Hess of Athens spoke at the Glouster Club meeting in the M E Church social room. He was joined by Dwight Rutherford of the Athens Kiwanis. Fern Tucker performed two piano solos and a vocal piece. The club plans to attend a banquet honoring the football squad at Moose Hall Monday night.
The Greens Run Parent Association met on November 17. Paul Maynard gave a recitation. Fourth Grade pupil Clarice Wickerham Wassburg sang. Bernice Hipscher played Just a Little Waltz and Just Me. Mary Sayres sang. Oran Justice spoke on group study. the association voted to resume group study and film shows at Greensing School.
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